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050			_aQB809 _b.G73 2008
100	1		_aGray, David F., _d1938-
245	1	4	_aThe observation and analysis of stellar photospheres / _cDavid F. Gray.
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2008.
300			_axvi, 533 p. : _bill.
500			_aReprint. Originally published: 2005.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Background -- 2. Fourier transforms -- 3. Spectroscopic tools -- 4. Light detectors -- 5. Radiation terms and definitions -- 6. The black body and its radiation -- 7. Radiative and convective energy transport -- 8. The continuous absorption coefficient -- 9. The model photosphere -- 10. The measurement of stellar continua -- 11. The line absorption coefficient -- 12. The measurement of spectral lines -- 13. The behavior of spectral lines -- 14. The measurement of stellar radii and temperatures -- 15. The measurement of photospheric pressure -- 16. Chemical analysis -- 17. Velocity fields in stellar photospheres -- 18. Stellar rotation -- Appendix A. A table of useful constants -- Appendix B. Physical parameters of stars -- Appendix C. A fast Fourier transform Fortran program -- Appendix D. Atomic data -- Appendix E. The strongest lines in the solar spectrum -- Appendix F Computation of random errors.
520			_aGray describes the equipment, observational techniques and analysis used in the investigation of photospheres. The first half of the book develops the tools of analysis while the second half demonstrates how they can be applied.
650		4	_aStellar photospheres _xObservations.
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